VERNALS Leonard

  • First Name(s):
    Leonard 
  • Surname:
    VERNALS
  • Service Number:
    5255893
  • Rank:

    Lance Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Durham Light Infantry
  • Battalion:
    10th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    20th June 1944
  • Age At Death:
    28
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery, France, Grave I. G. 4.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Albert Edward and Beatrice Maud Vernals, of Birmingham; husband of Lilian Annie Vernals, of Northfield, Birmingham

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Further Information About VERNALS Leonard

The following information has been researched by and is courtesy of John Barry:
1939 Register
15 Rochester Road, Birmingham
Leonard J. Vernals, born 21st December 1915, Motor Finisher
Lilian A. Vernals, born 20th January 1915, Unpaid domestic duties
The next record is officially closed

1939 Register – Leonard’s parents & siblings
46 Chadwick Avenue, Birmingham
Albert E. Vernals, born 8th August 1883, General Sheet Metal Worker Aircraft
Beatrice M. Vernals, born 8th November 1887, Housewife
Albert E. Vernals, born 13th June 1914, Shop Assistant – General Newsagent & Tobacconist
The next record is officially closed
Alan L. Vernals, born 21st May 1931, At School

Military:
Joined Worcestershire Regiment – no enlistment details. Transfer Rifle Brigade 21/6/1940. Not traced in Rifle Brigade Enlistment Books. Transfer Somerset Light Infantry. Transfer to The Durham Light Infantry – date not known, Posted 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. Served Iceland? Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 20/6/1944 with 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.

Queen’s Royal Regiment Surrey:
5255893 Vernals Leonard James. Transferred from Buffs 2.2.43 Transferred to S.L.I. wef 21-6-43 Serial 424

Birmingham Mail 25th July 1944
VERNALS (15, Rochester Road, Northfield) – Lance-Corporal Leonard James, dearly beloved husband of Lily and darling daddy of Sylvia and Edward, killed in action June, 1944, North-West Europe. My thoughts are out on a lonely grave, Where my beloved one sleeps. Death is a heartache no one can heal, Memories are keepsakes no one can steal. You will always walk beside me down memory lane. Good-night, my darling. – Broken-hearted wife and children

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